DATA ANALYTIC WITH BUSINESS APPLICATION (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes :

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Explain key concepts of Business Analytics, including Foundations, Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics, and their role in business decision-making, Apply descriptive or predictive analytics techniques to analyze, visualize, or forecast business data, providing better insights and supporting decision-making, Design and present an Excel dashboard that integrates descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to address a business problem.

Topics :

Introduction to Business Analytics, Database Analytics, Data Quality and Preprocessing, Data Visualization & Descriptive Statistics, Probability Distributions and Data Modeling, Sampling and Estimation & Statistical Inference, Trendlines and Regression Analysis, Forecasting Techniques, Introduction to Data Mining, Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis, Simulation and Risk Analysis, Linear Optimization & Integer and Nonlinear Optimization, Optimization Analytics & Decision Analysis, Review and Project Presentation (Excel Dashboard)